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How to take the executable file of the particular software and install in other system like we tacking back up in android applications

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  • Can you expand your question, please. What exactly you want to be taken? Executables not need to be installed, they only need their environment to be executed properly. – c0rp Jan 20 '14 at 09:32
  • take an example Eclipse.I have it in my pc but i want to install the software in my lap how can i done it – Boopathi Jan 20 '14 at 09:37
  • You can just download it from [official site](http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/), and export your settings and projects, if you worried about them. Or I do not understand you? Why do you want to take it? – c0rp Jan 20 '14 at 09:44
  • i have no net connection – Boopathi Jan 20 '14 at 09:51
  • What operation system is installed on both computers? – c0rp Jan 20 '14 at 09:54
  • same ubuntu 13.04 – Boopathi Jan 20 '14 at 10:02
  • Generally eclipse is portable, that means that it can be just copied to another computer with the same OS, because binaries usually OS specific. I expand my answer – c0rp Jan 20 '14 at 10:03
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    this should help: [How can I install software or packages without Internet (offline)?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/974/how-can-i-install-software-or-packages-without-internet-offline) – rusty Jan 20 '14 at 10:27

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This answer helps if you only need to move eclipse to another computer, with same OS, which is Ubuntu

There is a better generous solution in comments, given by user hash.

First of all you should find where exactly you eclipse installation folder is. Usually it is /usr/lib/eclipse. You can put it in tar sudo tar -pcvzf eclipse.tar.gz /usr/lib/eclipse, and copy to your another computer.

Then do this line by line on computer where you want to copy:

cd /usr/lib
sudo mkdir eclipse && cd eclipse
sudo tar -pxvzf /path_to_tar/eclipse.tar.gz

Then you should create symlink in /usr/local/bin/ to execute eclipse. Create a file named eclipse in /usr/local/bin/, fill it with this:

#!/bin/sh

ECLIPSE=/usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse
if [ ! -d ~/.eclipse/ ] ; then
    $ECLIPSE -clean -initialize || exit $?
fi

exec $ECLIPSE "$@"

Give execute permission to this file:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/eclipse

Now you should be able to run eclipse from terminal using eclipse command:

eclipse
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